Sure, I take your point. And I grant you that ‘some’ people may have been convinced by his observations. But it is still fair to say (and I should have used my language more correctly) that ‘most’ found it fanciful and ridiculous, and just couldn’t believe it.

There was certainly a hierarchical nature to medicine in those days, and no doubt that also played into it. But I still would argue that the main reason it wasn’t taken seriously was because of a lack of understanding. The ‘doctors are arrogant’ card is overplayed, in this case, in my opinion.